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Right Ascension

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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In astronomy, that co-ordinate of a heavenly body defined by the angle which the meridian passing through it makes with the prime meridian through the vertical equinox (see Astronomy).

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Right Ascension'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​r/right-ascension.html. 1910.
 
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